trying to understand, you mean the label of core vs whatever is meaningless but you do like having a baseline set of reqs for the impl?
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Dave Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think it's good to be prescriptive about what a platform is - code > and tests (based around that list of things @brian mentioned plus the > plugin API) should determine what a platform is. > > If someone wants to contribute code and tests to create a platform they > should be able to do so. There are places where Symbian devices are popular > and in circulation - if someone wants to create a platform for that in > Cordova they should be able to without having to convince you to add it to > the core platforms on the wiki. > > On Friday, January 4, 2013, Brian LeRoux wrote: > >> Think its still good to make this distinction even though our scope is >> going to drastically reduce (in a sense). The benefit of these labels >> is to indicate how much involvement developers using Cordova can >> expect the Cordova platform to maintain. >> >> Core platforms target an operating system, with devices in >> circulation, providing: >> >> - A standard low level bridge API and utilities. >> - Standard set of low level CLI tools >> - Embeddable (if possible) >> - InAppBrowser and other browser-ish shims like alerts, etc. >> - [what else?] >> >> (I am also assuming that even though core plugins will be removed from >> platforms we are going to continue maintaining those basic device >> APIs.) >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Dave Johnson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > If we are moving towards a world where all that a platform has to do is >> > implement the bridge / hack / ffi / whatever you want to call the message >> > passing from webview to native such that a developer can compose apps >> from >> > available plugins, then is there any need for distinction between core or >> > otherwise platforms? If people want to contribute, maintain and test the >> > bridge code for a platform does that not make it core? >> > >> > On Friday, January 4, 2013, Ben Combee wrote: >> > >> >> Yeah, there is a bit of work happening in Open webOS right now... We've >> got >> >> ports to the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 hardware that are actively being >> >> worked on by the community, and we've also got some x86 hardware working >> >> with the webOS runtime environment being hosted on Ubuntu.... and then >> >> there's the stuff that we've not announced yet. :) >> >> >> >> I expect there will be a bit of work around Cordova and webOS this year. >> >> We just published an article on using Enyo 2 with Cordova for webOS >> apps ( >> >> >> >> >> http://blog.openwebosproject.org/post/39278618299/javascript-apps-for-open-webos-with-enyo-and-cordova >> >> ), >> >> and as we evolve Open webOS, we're picking Cordova as our main runtime >> to >> >> handle letting various web frameworks (including Enyo 2) run on Open >> webOS >> >> devices, handling any adaptation from our built-in APIs to more standard >> >> methods. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Its certainly up for debate, while webOS still is out there it is not >> >> > shipping on any devices, nor has it for a couple of years. >> >> > >> >> > However, we are seeing an interesting trend towards web operating >> >> > systems: chrome, windows, firefox, and tizen. This puts webOS in some >> >> > good company and given the trend I could see interest piquing again >> >> > this year if consumers have an easy way to get said bits onto an >> >> > unlocked device. >> >> > >> >> > Markus is there a way to install webOS on Android devices yet? Maybe >> >> > this is something we can help get going. >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Steven Gill <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > > WebOS still gets distributed unlike Symbian. >> >> > > >> >> > > -Steve >> >> > > >> >> > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Leutwyler, Markus >> >> > > <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > >> Should we put Open webOS/webOS back to the Core Platforms since >> >> > Cordova's >> >> > >> importance is publicly documented? >> >> > >> >> >> > >> See >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> http://blog.openwebosproject.org/post/39278618299/javascript-apps-for-open-webos-with-enyo-and-cordova >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Markus >> >> > >> >> >> > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> > >> From: Filip Maj [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> > >> Sent: Donnerstag, 3. Januar 2013 22:44 >> >> > >> To: [email protected] >> >> > >> Subject: Review of Core Platforms >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Our CorePlatforms wiki article [1] has this: >> >> > >> >> >> > >> ---- >> >> > >> >> >> > >> Core: These are the main platforms supported by the Apache Cordova >> >> > project. >> >> > >> >> >> > >> * iOS >> >> > >> * Android >> >> > >> * BlackBerr
